Re: Disneyland 1968

I just noticed... some of the photos is dated Apr 69. Were these printed a few months later?

And, judging by the photos, I'm guessing most of them were taken by one of the box-style cameras, like a Kodak Brownie or an Agfa Shureshot, which took a medium-format 640 film. (I believe that's the number -- after over 100 years of production, Kodak discontinued the film in the early 80s, but 120 film can be used with minor modification.)

The third Small World picture was not taken at the same time as the others and with most likely a different camera (or possibly at a different photo lab).

Re: Disneyland 1968

Thanks for the pics! Great memories there. Yes, I was alive way back then and vaguely recall mermaids in the sub lagoon from time to time. Just another example of "surprise" Disney magic... You didn't come expecting to see them (like a character meet and greet) but there they were, just adding to the magic.

Those mermaids also confirm an old suspicion of mine that Walt didn't consider the subs to be purely a Tomorrowland attraction (as some on these boards have insisted). It was a transition between Tomorrowland and Fantasyland and so incorporated both elements of future science and fantasy (note the wacky see serpent at the end). Nemo Subs will do the same thing.